April 8, 2007

And on the other side of the coin…Government’s biggest spenders are the least transparent, report finds

Last week I noted a report about how well the departments of Labor, Transportation, and VA were reporting their performance. Whereas I was seeing this as a half-full glass, FCW sees it quite differently, as their headline — Government’s biggest spenders are the least…
April 7, 2007

Excellence.Gov interviews now available online

I mentioned a while ago that the top 5 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards winners would be interviewed on FederalNewsRadio. Those interviews are now available online, here. The interviewees were:  Melvin Brown, Knowledge Services Network Program Manager Federal Aviation Administration Ginger Price, My HealtheVet…
April 4, 2007

Transportation, Labor, and VA lead in performance

GovExec reports that the departments of Labor, Transportation, and Veterans Administration lead the way when it comes to transparency, public benefits and leadership evidenced in their performance and accountability reports, according to a report from the Mercatus Center at George Mason…
April 3, 2007

GSA, OPM delay HR business line solicitation, awards

While the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB) looks like it’s making great strides, the Human Resources Line of Business is taking a step back, reports FCW, as it intends to revisit an RFP in light of industry’s mountain of questions.…

GSA to seek commercial financial management providers

FCW popped out an interesting report last week: GSA plans to issue an RFP to solicit the private sector to act as a financial management service center, as part of the Financial Management Line of Business (FMLOB). According to Danny Harris,…
March 20, 2007

HandySoft crows about BizFlow at Labor for e‑grants

I see that HandySoft has released a statement about the Labor department’s use of their BizFlow suite for DOL’s E‑Grants system. Here at TCG, we’re big proponents of business process management software, so it’s encouraging to see a tool like BizFlow being fully…
March 19, 2007

Grants.gov and the NSF experience

Earlier this month, Science magazine’s ScienceCareers site had a nice article about Grants.gov, from the perspective of people from NSF, the developers of FastLane. If you’ve ever used FastLane, reading this article gives a good sense of how that system began and…

Excellence.Gov winners on FederalNewsRadio tomorrow!

The top 5 winners of the 2007 Excellence.Gov Awards will be interviewed tomorrow at 11.30am on FederalNewsRadio (1050AM or listen on their Web site) by Mike Causey and Jane Norris, live from FOSE 2007! It will also replay later in the…
March 14, 2007

Register for the Excellence.Gov Winner’s Presentation, March 20 at GSA!

One of the big benefits of the Excellence.Gov Awards program for nominees and the rest of us is the panel presentation for the top 5 awardees. At this session, the ‘best of the best’ talk about how their award-winning program came…
March 2, 2007

Grants Policy Committee webcast — March 8, 1.30pm‑3.30pm

The National Grants Partnership just sent out a reminder about the next Grants Policy Committee webcast, to be held next Thursday, March 8, from 1.30pm‑3.00pm. Details about how to attend and view the meeting are on the Grants.gov site. Looks like…